Happy Birthday Little Man!!

Today is this precious little man's 1st birthday.
AIDEN COLE CREED 

We love him so much and think he is pretty adorable.  We had a small celebration for the little man this past Sunday when everyone was up in Oklahoma.  Birthdays are a big deal in our family so we seized the opportunity when everyone was together and thanked God for this precious little life.

{Present Time}

Everything goes in the mouth right now...

{Cake Time}

....taking it slow.

He might have ate the whole cake if we let him...

Logan loves his little brother so much and is so sweet with him.  They will be quite the pair in another year or two.

Yes, there was adult supervision at this event but as always, I failed to capture anyone besides the little ones.

Happy Birthday Aiden Cole!  We love you!

The Graduate

What an amazing weekend we had celebrating with friends and family.  We are so grateful for everyone who made the trip to Norman (and put your car through our lovely Oklahoma roads). From Dallas, East Texas, Temple (TX), Tulsa, OKC, Enid...it meant the world to Josh and I that each of you were here. 

I took a couple days off work to prepare for the weekend; meanwhile, Josh was preparing for his last college final which was at 8 am on Friday - Graduation Day.  How mean is that! My mom came up early to help me which was a blessing. She is always so great about thinking of those things that never make it on my To Do List.  After Josh's final on Friday morning, we went to watch his Design Build Competition Team present their competition presentation to the Design Build Institute of America.  It was such a cool thing to see and such a proud moment for us - Helene, Matt, Mom, and I.  That was Josh's last official school event... now it was time to celebrate!

University Commencement was Friday night in our basketball arena which was Plan B.  Plan A was rained out. It was supposed to be in the football stadium.  Since I graduated in December, we didn't have a university wide commencement ceremony so I was really excited to go to this for Josh.  It disappointed us just a bit and not very many graduates attended.  Apparently, I did not get the same memo they did.  Nonetheless, Josh was sitting in the stands in his cap and gown, graduating, a day that seemed so far away not too long ago.

We had family and friends over to our house Saturday afternoon for a pre-graduation celebration. Saturday night was Josh's convocation where he "walked" and received his diploma.  It was so great to see everyone.  Here are a few pics from our fun afternoon.

Cake Balls!  Yes, please.

Logan helping Josh open up "his" present.  See the box... it was decorated by yours truly.  Adorable.

I should have had someone else taking pictures for me because I did not get near as many pictures as I would have liked.  I did get this one of Brandon and Grandmother... and I love it!

  Also, I didn't get a picture of the food table...her plate will have to do :)

Logan thought it was pretty cool Uncle Josh got Legos.  Uncle Josh thought it was even cooler.  Take a close look at the box, see the ages...5-27. Hilarious.  This sucker was put together within 24 hours and now greets you as you walk in our house.  Thank you Ashley and Landon!

Off to graduation.

Proud Parents with the Graduate.

Brotherly love.

The Carson Family.  Sorry it is so blurry. I wish I could find my good camera.

Ashley, Landon, Brandon, Josh and I

Josh and I with my parents and Grandmother

High-fives for Uncle Josh - Way to go!

Josh and Chase

Wow, we are finished.  We look ahead to our move to Texas in the next couple weeks and thank Oklahoma for everything it brought our way.  We will always look forward to our trips back.

Happy Birthday Little Lady!

Our precious cousin, Kate Isabel, turns 1 tomorrow!  We celebrated with a ladybug birthday this past weekend.  She is absolutely adorable and such a sweet miracle for our family.

It took her a few minutes but she ended up LOVING her cake....and rubbing it on her belly.

Logan enjoying some cake!

Kate giving Aiden some loves.

Just relaxing...

 These two love each other so much.

Another wonderful day and adorable smile!

Mr. Outstanding Senior

Josh and I attended his last OU Construction Science Division Annual Banquet this past Thursday. It was a wonderful dinner as the college takes an evening to recognize their students for all their hard work from the year. Josh's Design Build Team was honored for their regional win this past February and Josh was recognized individually as "Outstanding Senior". Not very many of Josh's classmates are married, let alone have a wife crying over dinner because of their husband's achievements. I am sure I embarrassed Josh (sorry dear) but boy, am I proud. Graduation seemed so far away not too long ago and now, we are here. In just a few weeks, one of Josh's dreams will come true and he will be the OU Alumni he always knew he would be.

Here is Josh with his classmate and great friend, Chase. Chase achieved the highest academic honor for their division with the highest overall GPA. These two are such great friends and we are so glad Chase will be moving south to start his career as well.

The University of Oklahoma Construction Science Division

Class of 2010

Chase, Ken, and Josh. Ken is the CNS Director at OU and has been an absolute blessing to Josh throughout these past few years. Ken has not only been a wonderful teacher but also a friend and mentor. He has left such an impact on my husband and we are so grateful for his guidance, knowledge, and leadership.

Just two weeks left before we are a household of OU Alumni. We couldn't be more excited about all the changes ahead for us. We hope to have some house news to share in the coming week. Stay tuned!